A few years ago as I was walking into my bear bait in Idaho, a big, easily identifiable black bear came running out of the area at about a 45 degree angle towards me, going up a hill. I took my time and was very sure of the shot, as he was only about 40 yards away, although he was moving very quickly. At the shot I expected to see some sign of a hit, but didn't. Once we started looking, there was a nice big hole caused by my 300 Win Mag in a 6 inch tree right along the path that the bear had taken. My buddy killed that same bear 2 weeks later. He had no other holes in him.
